Barrel.



G. LHEHRMANN a. BJw'. T UQKER..

BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16| i912.

` UNITED STATES GEORGE E. HERRMANN, OF

MoRmsTowN, 4mm BENJAMIN w. TUCKER,- `or SOUTH.t ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

BARREL'.

To all whom tmay concern Be it known that We, Geenen E; HERR- HMANN and BENJAMTN W'. Toonen, 'citizens steel.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a. barrelor other container comprising a, plurality ofsta'vesor` membersv each ofwhich has angular flanges along its longitudinal edges, the sald flanges havlng parts thereof'prcssed or forced in opposite directions to provide oppositely arranged projecting parts, and the projecting parts of one flange being adapted to enter the grooves' formed by Kthe proj ectingparts of: the flange of the member adjacent tjyereto, thus serving to bind theI stares or mem Jers'against lengthwise relative lmovement and at the same time providing an effective and strong joint for the members when the barrel or container is assembled. l i

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and efiicient'means whereby a.

head may be securely held at either or both ends of the container body. i

A furtherl object of the invention is to provide simple means whereby either or both heads 'of thebarrelor contafner may be in ,tcrloled with the stares or members.

A still further object of the ,invention is to provide a barrel or .other container in which the staves maybe detachably held in order that an injured. stave may be replaced by another or .for any other purpose, and which barrel or container is-s'ol constructed that it muy be readily made and assembled and at the same time be inexpensive to Inanufacture. j

YVV'ith these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the ao- 4Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 16, 1912. Serial No. 677,899.'`

latentedFeb.

form part 'of this specification, and will tl1en l ie poin ted out in the claim at the end ofthe-ide scription. Y i' l "i In the dra wings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly broken away and partlyin SecL tion, of one Form of barrel .on container enr hodyingour invention. fz'" Fig. 2 is a plan View, partly broken yaway and. .partly i l section. "L l Fig. El is i detail perspective view .of-.one of the .stares or men'lbers. 1. F'g. Al is an `enlarged fragmentary section o1 a part ol.I the barrel showingone means for locking the barrel andstavestogethen and `i'or strc] gtheningthe ends ofthcrbarrel. 65

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan sliowing two the stares asucnlblcd, the Section being on the, line \"-V of Fig. 3. f Fig. is a similar' view to Fig. 5,.

companying drawings, which tha-t the senti on is taken on the line VIT- VI i of Fig. 3, an l' Fig. 'i' is a sectional plan view taken on the j i line`V`llV-V'[ of Fig. 4. I vWhile the invention is shown.. more pair-f ticularly ada )ted 'lorbarrels having bilged 75 or enlarged `central portion, it willbe nnderf stood that'tho inrcntion, either as a whoileon as to parts thereof, may be applied-'to other. forms of containers. V .4

The barre body l0 has a plurality of 80 Staycs or members 11. llhcsje `staves are curved and oil-ged centrally to .providea barrel which when assembled will. b e, en-` larged centrally .so ,that the bari-el when: lying on itsl sidcsnayl-be placed mortl rea ily Von its'erd or otherwise h andleihin, I nanncr similar, to that of. the,ordi1 1 i .v'omlenlmrrc| '.llach stave has abodyporr tion I2 and'a long one edge yie 'providedV with; a flange 13 length wise thereof other edge l1 isa flange 14 These. 4flan "es from the 'boi ly outer surface 'of the tial ly Hush. plurality plurality cyl and .along the 90 j 16.- The projectingportions 16 extend inwardly over. the body portion and the projecting portions 15 extend outwardly 1n an opposite direction, and these projectlng ortions are alternately arranged throngv out the entire length lo f the flanges transversely thereof, the `projecting portions 15 being spaced apart by the oppositely projecting;

portions 16. he ,staves are made *of sheet metal and the projecting portions are formed by pressing or forcing parts of the flangesv13 and 14 in oppositeI directions, the projectingI portions 16 forming grooves 17 which are adapted to receive the outwardly extending portions or projections l5 of the stave-adjacent thereto. These grooves'? form shoulders 18 at each end ofthe projections or portions 15 and the grooves and projections are angular'being larger atthe 4outeredge of the flanges. the barrel body is assembled so that the projections 15 of one flange will -enter the grooves 17 formed by the projections 16 of -the nekt: adjacent ange, the staves will be interlocked against lengthwise movement,

and by reason o'f the corrugated effect of the flanges produced by the oppositely arranged Iprojections, the staves vor members will Abe materially strengthened.

A head 19 has its body 2.0 concaved slightly inwardly and said head is adapted to rest u'pon the shoulders formed by the ends of the flanges .12 'andv 13 of the barrel staves, which latter extend the greater part of the length of the staves but not the lentire.

length thereof.y Ahead and its fastening meansmay be arranged at both ends ofthe "barrel body or at onl \T one end thereof as Preferred, the 'other end being closed. in any desired way. with an outwardly extending flange 21, the

said fiange being, corrugated lperipherally as shownbest irl-Fig. l 7. These corrugations' may be formed in- .any suitable Wayand the said flange may be Idivided to adapt the corrugations to be formed, or the said flange may have its corrugationspressed .directly out of the liange portion end thereby utilizing the surplus metal. are formed b v oppositely.projecting-parts or portions 22 and 23', these projections alternating throughout the entire circum' ferenceof the head,v and each projecting' port-ion forminga grooveor' recess. .The recess formed by the projecting portion 23' is adapted to' 'receive the parts 24-o'f the ends 25 of the staves 'andlocated between the V parts 24 is, a projecting portion 26; The

projecting `portion 26 .ofeach stave end forms a recess to, receive the rprojecting part 22 of the barrel head, the said-proA l jecting 'part 26 being angularly disposed tocorrespond to. the angular arrangement It will be evident that when- Each head `19 is provided VThe corrugations of the,l rojections'22'and 23' ofl the ange 21 of tie heed 19, thus holding-thestaves against sidewise. movement relative -j'tol the v barrel heads and serying. further tointerlock with the heads and' to strengthen the 'ends of the barrel.. The ends of the. barrel l staves are offset to provide grooves/27 which when the barrel is assembled forms a substantiallycontinuous groove or croze for the outer edge of each 'offthebarrel-hea.dfi.;'` The staves -at the offset yporti'on form a."

shoulder QS-andtting agxiinst the shoulder 28 is the .offset part 29 of a lit compression band or member 30. his band or me1nber30 .has a skirt portion 31 W ich extends for a short distance lengthwise of .the barrel stares. "The band has a flange 32 and a second ange 33 substantially parallel thereto which are joined together by a horizontally arranged portion 34. Theflanges '32.: and 33- and part 34 form substantially U-shape'd annular channels to receive Athe .-ends of the staves or members and the flanges 21 of the barrel heads which are confined between said flanges 32 andA 33. A Wire or .other band. 35 is located under the shoulder 28 of the split ring or mern ber l30 so that when the ends of the wire are twisted or otherwise held together, the band 30 may be compressed and thereby rigidly hold 4the s ta've or member and the heads together, and` at the .same time strengthen the barrel atits ends.

Each stave or member may be depressedtransversely to form grooves, as at 36 and A 37, intermediate the ends thereof to form two substantially continuous grooves when the staves-or members are assembled.' A wire or other fastening means 38 is located yin the groove formed by the depressed portions 36, and a second wire orv band 39 is located in a groox'e formed by the depressions 37; These wires 38 and 39 whenthe .ends are twisted or otherwise tightened, will bind the bodyA of the barrel together inter- ".vided for locking the barrel staves or mem# bers and heads together and for strengthening-the' ends 'ofthe barrels;` and that said f imaginesV barrel or container'y is inexpensive to manufnrture and may be readily made 'and as-l selnbled Having thus described our invention, We

claim as new und desire to secure by Letters Patent barrel or other container, comprising a plurality of members provided' with unbroken flanges having. alternately arranged x und spaced projecting und grooved interlocking portions extending transversely of V`r`the flanges, said proiecting and grooved portions being larger at the outer edge of vthe anges than at the other.

this lthday of 'Feh1uary, A. D. 1912.`

GEORGE E. HERRMANN.- BENJAMIN W. TUCKER.

Witnesses l FRANCES KINRI IGH, L. I. MAYER.

This specification signed andWitne-Ssed 15 

